The campus of Tsinghua University used to be the royal garden of the Qing Dynasty-"Tsinghua Campus", so the name of this university was named after this garden. Tsinghua campus is a part of Xichun Garden, which is one of the five gardens in Yuanming. After Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, he renamed the "Xichun Garden" in the east as "Tsinghua Campus" and inscribed the words "Tsinghua Campus".
On the plaque behind the I-shaped hall, there are four words "Shui Mu Tsinghua", and these four words come from a sentence in Xie Hun's "A Tour of Xi Chi" in the Jin Dynasty: "The collection of songbirds in Beijing class, Zhan Qinghua, Shui Mu." This poem means that in the sunset, birds return to their nests and sing the branches. The water is clear, the trees are beautiful, the water is clear and woody, and the evening in Xichi is more charming.
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The historical evolution of Tsinghua University;
Tsinghua School, the predecessor of the school, was founded in 19 1 1. The name of "Tsinghua" originated from the place name of the school site "Tsinghua Campus", which was a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the Qing government. The funds for its establishment came from 1908, part of boxer indemnity returned by the United States. 19 12 was renamed Tsinghua school. 1928 changed its name to National Tsinghua University.
1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha and jointly established the National Temporary University of Changsha with the State Peking University and the private Nankai University. /kloc-moved to Kunming in 0/938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University. 1946 moved back to Tsinghua campus.
People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded 1949, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development. From 65438 to 0952, China's universities were reorganized into multidisciplinary industrial universities. Starting from 1978, it gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.